Microsoft's latest Windows update breaks VPNs, and there's no fix (www.pcworld.com)
from GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.ml on 01 May 2024 22:25
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[deleted] on 01 May 2024 22:42 next collapse

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ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 22:38 next collapse

Sure there is, abandon Windows.

YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca on 01 May 2024 22:44 next collapse

Not at work, I can’t.

misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 May 2024 23:11 next collapse

yup. i’m tied to unreal engine 5.

(yes, i know there’s a version for linux. i need to be on windows for the latest updates and work though.)

lockhart@lemmy.ml on 01 May 2024 23:30 next collapse

Sure there is, abandon Work.

RedditWanderer@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 00:56 collapse

I tried to turn in my buckets of thank yous at the bank but they didn’t take em. Gonna be windows for now

CaptObvious@literature.cafe on 01 May 2024 23:40 next collapse

No, but at work it’s someone else’s problem. I’m so glad that my employer agreed to replace my Windows machine with a Mac.

refalo@programming.dev on 02 May 2024 02:00 next collapse

Linux for VPN, VM for Windows :p

delirious_owl@discuss.online on 02 May 2024 05:58 collapse

Why not?

B0rax@feddit.de on 02 May 2024 06:02 next collapse

Because work usually does provide the computer and they don’t want you to tamper with it too much.

delirious_owl@discuss.online on 02 May 2024 07:20 collapse

Just uninstall the OS. If you have physical access then must do what you need to do in order to be productive

B0rax@feddit.de on 02 May 2024 08:02 next collapse

Usually the uefi is locked and secure boot is enabled. You could even boot a different OS if you wanted.

FutileRecipe@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 22:18 collapse

then must do what you need to do in order to be productive

You clearly have not worked at most larger companies which have Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) which typically involves not modifying the PC and OS with threat of termination when (not if) discovered.

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee on 02 May 2024 07:09 next collapse

Can’t see the desk to write, and no indoor lighting

YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca on 02 May 2024 12:58 collapse

Because the software we write has to run on windows and only windows. No Linux or wine or any other platform. It’s a fixed requirement from our client and unfortunately I don’t see that changing.

Woozythebear@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 11:38 collapse

There’s no alternative, Linux doesn’t meet my needs as a PC user so I’m stuck with windows.

Eezyville@sh.itjust.works on 02 May 2024 14:19 collapse

I guess you’ll have to accept your fate.

wander1236@sh.itjust.works on 01 May 2024 22:45 next collapse

“Microsoft’s latest update breaks [some] VPNs and there’s no fix [yet]”

Windows is getting worse and worse, but do we have to spin legitimate bugs as some nefarious plot?

misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 May 2024 23:12 next collapse

click bait never changes or whatever.

wander1236@sh.itjust.works on 01 May 2024 23:15 next collapse

It’s also very nice how this site tries to launch a new tab to ask to enable notifications.

<img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/a04f4799-3df4-481a-adb1-ce5d2b1952c0.jpeg">

<img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/982ff3b8-ca4a-4cbf-ad38-5d6cf954f6fb.jpeg">

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 02 May 2024 00:53 next collapse

Too late, there's a little blood in the water so now everyone hates Microsoft and is pouncing on every drop they think they smell. Being part of an angry mob is fun!

Don't worry, in a couple of weeks or months some other big company or rich person will become the focus and everyone will forget about Microsoft again.

gomp@lemmy.ml on 02 May 2024 06:00 collapse

Windows is getting worse and worse

and so is the press :( websites and content creators enshittification is as bad as other companies (one could even argue they have been among the first to do that)

satanmat@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 22:55 next collapse

Okay quick question::

All vpns?

Or is there a list of affected v unaffected??

cyrus@sopuli.xyz on 01 May 2024 23:16 next collapse

The System’s VPN imementation is broken. All of them are broken.

CaptObvious@literature.cafe on 01 May 2024 23:42 next collapse

In fairness, Surfshark appears still to work.

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 23:36 collapse

So like, the 0 that use that implementation. Like really, IPsec? No openvpn support? No wireguard support? What is this, 2004?

refalo@programming.dev on 02 May 2024 02:01 next collapse

I used to live in an apartment with 4 other gay furries

Somehow I don’t think you are the beacon of corporate experience here

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 06:00 collapse

It’s okay sweetie, you’ll grow up some day :)

realbadat@programming.dev on 02 May 2024 02:17 next collapse

Meraki.

twei@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 May 2024 07:10 collapse

tbh if you managed to buy into meraki you deserved it

anyways, look at this christmas tree out of meraki gear:
<img alt="" src="https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/e66a369f-ae4c-4999-96c0-7e9260855a8e.png">

realbadat@programming.dev on 02 May 2024 10:56 collapse

It’s a crap platform, but it’s the company’s fault.

Just like the windows laptop.

zod000@lemmy.ml on 02 May 2024 13:53 collapse

Our sister company had their VPN broken by this and we had to switch to another system. Even though it wasn’t a particularly secure VPN (IPSec), the builtin Windows VPN was extremely reliable and convenience compared to shit like Pulse.

Dyskolos@lemmy.zip on 02 May 2024 11:20 collapse

Don’t trust every “article” on some shitty website.

satanmat@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 13:52 collapse

Well yeah. That’s kinda the point I was trying to make…

“It breaks VPNs!!”

Name one….

Oh yeah like a whole bUnCh!!!

Name…… one…

—- and in two articles I’ve seen they still have not named one. Great work there “journalists”

NoneYa@lemm.ee on 01 May 2024 23:35 next collapse

Oh wonderful! For all of our users that use VPN, we’re just screwed. Glad we began blocking access from non-Windows computers 😊

downpunxx@fedia.io on 01 May 2024 23:47 next collapse

Has anyone here been running into this issue realtime since the update?

ulkesh@beehaw.org on 02 May 2024 00:45 next collapse

Glad I dumped Windows in favor of an OS that doesn’t suck.

refalo@programming.dev on 02 May 2024 01:59 collapse

works on my machine

PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml on 02 May 2024 00:51 next collapse

I’m running windows and my nordvpn still works. So maybe this article shouldn’t even exist and the OP should lose all credibility when ti comes to anything technology related.

Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org on 02 May 2024 01:11 next collapse

Vpns are working fine. This article is dogshit.

interolivary@beehaw.org on 02 May 2024 12:51 collapse

So because VPN works for you, it’s impossible for it to not work for literally anybody else?

Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org on 04 May 2024 01:43 collapse

I work for an MSP managing thousands of workstations and servers. I’m also the “VPN guy” so I deal with them constantly every single day.

Perhaps you should ask questions before making assumptions.

mub@lemmy.ml on 02 May 2024 01:27 next collapse

This seems like bullshit to me. I’ve not seen anyone complaining their VPN isn’t working. And any business with staff using VPNs would not be happy if they managed to let that update get applied.

Ballistic_86@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 11:53 next collapse

Running Windows 11, is updated, VPN works perfectly

Syn_Attck@lemmy.today on 02 May 2024 12:41 next collapse

I noticed my main VPN and backup VPN failing to connect the other day, but that was 3-4 days ago. Haven’t tried since, because I switched to Pop!_OS in that time.

At the time I thought it was just my ISP being my ISP.

E: Both with Wireguard and OpenVPN, across multiple servers.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 02 May 2024 14:21 collapse

I’ve been dealing with a VPN failure at work.

About 80% of my day has been lost due to access issues into the secure space I work, since about 6 days back.

TheProtector0034@feddit.nl on 02 May 2024 01:48 next collapse

Tailscale still works here.

electromage@lemm.ee on 02 May 2024 06:50 next collapse

Wouldn’t uninstalling the update fix it?

nitneroc@lemmy.one on 02 May 2024 06:57 collapse

Wouldn’t uninstalling windows fix it permanently?

[deleted] on 02 May 2024 14:00 next collapse

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kixik@lemmy.ml on 02 May 2024 17:07 collapse

learn.microsoft.com/…/status-windows-11-23h2 bleepingcomputer.com/…/microsoft-says-april-windo…

Perhaps click bait, but based on MS’ own list of issues with April’s upgrade patchset.